Johnnyaardvark Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Not to exciting but was something new for me. I had never seen Mercury before. Have seen Venus many times and observed some of it's phases with an Argos telescope as kid. I had caught Venus naked eye a few times at the start of January but had always been a little late to see Mercury. I was getting ready to try and image Lovey and Pleiades on Friday the 16th and pleasantly surprised (and amazed) that I could see Mercury naked eye. I didn't know you could really and expected to have to hunt for it in bins. Not the most exciting picture in the world but really nice to catch this and another planet in our solar system ticked off as seen! Maybe sometime I'll get around to trying to view both if this in a telescope sometime too. Steve Venus and Mercury 16/01/2015 by sja88, on Flickr Nikon D5000, 1.6s, ISO400, F5.6, 18-105mm at 105mm Maz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 It's quite a thrill catching Mercury for the first time - nice job and congrats Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 It took me till I was 40 before I saw Mercury for the 1st time. Its surprisingly bright, not much to look at telescopically though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tweedledum Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Nice one Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanthic Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I saw Mercury for the first time last week. Was a nice surprise to catch it as the sun set. I only need to see Neptune now to complete the set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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